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István Kocza vs Tim Habermaas

Two careers, 70 shared rounds, one running count. Everything below comes from the official results the two of them posted in the same rounds of the same competitions.

István Kocza (Hungary) and Tim Habermaas (Germany) have met in 70 rounds across 10 competitions since 2007. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Tim Habermaas leads István Kocza: 54 finishes in front to 15 and 1 tie.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Tim Habermaas holds the faster single in 8, István Kocza in 7.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventIstván Kocza singleaverageTim Habermaas singleaverage
3×314.4619.1110.8713.76
2×25.3610.093.115.76
4×41:30.441:50.1250.0555.84
5×53:05.063:48.961:45.301:55.92
6×65:47.946:25.474:35.095:27.28
7×78:48.329:24.246:02.936:17.46
3×3 blindfolded41.9052.731:15.001:27.64
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves35.6757 moves
3×3 one-handed34.8149.1326.8830.67
Clock22.1725.2529.0031.80
Megaminx4:09.914:45.013:30.83
Pyraminx9.7317.1532.6939.94
4×4 blindfolded5:15.926:01.416:41.00
5×5 blindfolded10:55.0012:31.0013:00.00
3×3 Multi-Blind17 of 17 cubes · 57:4017 of 18 cubes · 52:30

Year by year

every meeting, 70 rounds in all
20072013busiest year: 20 meetings2007: 72008: 142009: 62010: 92011: 202012: 52013: 9

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundIstván KoczaTim Habermaasahead
2013Austrian Open 20133×3First round21.1517.59Tim Habermaas
2013Austrian Open 20133×3Second round23.6215.01Tim Habermaas
2013Austrian Open 20133×3 blindfoldedFinal1:06.471:57.50István Kocza
2013Austrian Open 20133×3 Multi-BlindFinal11 of 13 cubes · 53:1411 of 12 cubes · 33:52Tim Habermaas
2013Austrian Open 20133×3 one-handedFirst round51.8237.97Tim Habermaas
2013Austrian Open 20134×4First round2:00.001:06.09Tim Habermaas
2013Austrian Open 20134×4 blindfoldedFinal12:17.00Tim Habermaas
2013Austrian Open 20135×5First round1:56.56Tim Habermaas
2013Austrian Open 20135×5 blindfoldedFinal16:38.00István Kocza
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20123×3First round22.9915.98Tim Habermaas
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20123×3 blindfoldedFirst round1:51.531:59.89Tim Habermaas
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20123×3 Multi-BlindFinal11 of 12 cubes · 55:599 of 12 cubes · 40:11István Kocza
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20124×4 blindfoldedFinal7:37.698:33.53István Kocza
2012European Rubik's Cube Championship 20125×5 blindfoldedFinal14:59.00Tim Habermaas

Full careers: István Kocza · Tim Habermaas. A meeting is a round of one event at one competition where both finished with a counted result. Who finished ahead follows official placing in the round: rounds played to an average are won on the average, best-of rounds on the single.